TRANSACTIONS: Drafted by the Houston Texans with the 89th overall pick and 27th pick of the third round of the 2013 NFL Draft on April 26, 2013...Signed by the Texans on July 23, 2013...Placed on injured reserve on Aug. 31, 2013.

2013 (Houston 0/0):Placed on injured reserve on Aug. 31 with a hamstring injury

TRANSACTIONS: Drafted by the Houston Texans with the 89th overall pick and 27th pick of the third round of the 2013 NFL Draft on April 26, 2013...Signed by the Texans on July 23, 2013...Placed on injured reserve on Aug. 31, 2013.

2013 (Houston 0/0):Placed on injured reserve on Aug. 31 with a hamstring injury

Career Notes:In 21 games as the starting right offensive tackle for North Carolina, Williams registered 108 knockdowns and 15 touchdown-resulting blocksTeammates in 2009 and 2010 with current Houston Texans QB T.J. Yates at North Carolina

2012 (Senior):Earned honorable mention All-ACC accolades from the league’s coaches for his play at right tackleWith Williams on the field for the first eight games, North Carolina allowed just five sacks, but in four games without him in the lineup, his replacements yielded six sacksHelped North Carolina finish 14th in the FBS rankings and second in the ACXC with an average of 485.6 yards per game, as their average of 40.6 points scored was also second-best in the conference and eighth in the countryGraded out at 87 percent with nine knockdowns in the win at MiamiHad a season-best 23 knockdowns and helped pave the way for 339 rushing yards in the win over Virginia TechAdded four knockdowns in 16 snaps vs. IdahoPlayed 62 snaps with four knockdowns vs. East Carolina and was on the field for all 64 snaps at Louisville and finished with 10 knockdown blocksHad a team-high 14 knockdowns in 82 plays at Wake ForestSaw action on 39 snaps with six knockdowns vs. Elon

2011 (Junior):Appeared in all 13 games, grading 81 percent for the season on 667 total snaps at right tackleFinished with 30 regular-season knockdowns, third-best on the team, as he helped pave the way for Giovani Bernard to gain 1,253 rushing yards, the first time a Tar Heel back rushed for more than 1,000 yards since 1997Helped the team’s passing attack average 254.4 yards per game, as the front wall allowed 27 sacks for losses of 206 yardsPlayed 56 snaps vs. Duke, grading out at 82 percentOn the field for 54 snaps and graded 78 percent at North Carolina StatePosted an 83 percent mark and had four knockdowns at ClemsonSaw action on 55 snaps and graded 85 percent with three knockdownsGraded out at a team-best 92 percent on 44 snaps vs. Louisville and produced four knockdowns with an 84 percent grade vs. East CarolinaGraded out at 83 percent on 46 snaps at Georgia Tech and posted five knockdowns in just 39 snaps vs. VirginiaPlayed 38 snaps vs. James Madison and graded 83 percent with four knock-downs

2010 (Sophomore):Appeared in 10 contests as a reserve at right offensive tacklePlayed 108 snaps and helped the Tar Heels rank 26th in the nation with an average of 264.0 yards per game passingSaw action on 19 snaps in the Music City Bowl victory against TennesseeGraded out at 75 percent on nine snaps with a knockdown vs. East CarolinaHad a knockdown at Rutgers and graded 75 percent vs. Georgia TechPlayed 22 snaps vs. Louisiana State and graded a team-high 80 percent

2009 (Freshman):As a true freshman, was on the field for only 78 snaps while playing in six games, including the Meineke Car Care Bowl vs. PittsburghAlso appeared in the Duke, Virginia, Georgia Southern, Florida State and The Citadel gamesLogged an 80-percent grade on 19 plays vs. Duke and posted a 78-percent grade and one knockdown block vs. Georgia Southern

High School:Attended Catholic Memorial (Roxbury, Mass.) High School, lettering four times in football for head coach Alex CampiaThe senior team captain was a member of the “Super 26” team in 2008 as voted by the Massachusetts State Coaches Association and garnered Prep Star and Super Prep All-American honorsRated the eighth-best offensive lineman in the country (seventh-best offensive guard) by Rivals.com and a member of the recruiting service’s Rivals 250 squad in 2008Scout.com considered him to be the 15th-best offensive lineman in the nation and the second-best overall player in the state of MassachusettsThe two-time All-Conference selection as a junior and senior, he was named All-Scholastic by the Boston Globe and Boston Herald

Personal:Communications majorSon of Jacquelyn and Brent WilliamsFather played in the NFL from 1986-1993 with the New England Patriots, Seattle Seahawks and New York Jets as a defensive end

java.lang.RuntimeException: Failed to get data //CSPRDCMS01-fe/default/main/NFL/CLUBS/TEXANS/WORKAREA/main/templatedata/Editorial/ADVERTISEMENT/data/Team/roster-160x150
at com.interwoven.livesite.file.impl.CsFileDal.read(CsFileDal.java:173)
at com.interwoven.livesite.file.impl.CsFileDal.read(CsFileDal.java:139)
at com.interwoven.livesite.model.property.DCRProperty.fetchDCRXML(DCRProperty.java:328)
at com.interwoven.livesite.runtime.model.page.RuntimeComponent.buildComponentTransformData(RuntimeComponent.java:247)
at com.interwoven.livesite.runtime.model.page.RuntimeComponent.transform(RuntimeComponent.java:281)
at com.interwoven.livesite.runtime.page.PageTokenVariableComponent.renderNoCache(PageTokenVariableComponent.java:216)
at com.interwoven.livesite.runtime.page.PageTokenVariableComponent.preRender(PageTokenVariableComponent.java:103)
at com.interwoven.livesite.runtime.page.PageTokenContainer.preRender(PageTokenContainer.java:260)
at com.interwoven.livesite.runtime.model.page.RuntimePage.transform(RuntimePage.java:372)
at com.interwoven.livesite.model.page.PreviewPage.getBaseTransform(PreviewPage.java:218)
at com.interwoven.livesite.model.page.PreRenderedPage.transform(PreRenderedPage.java:145)
at com.interwoven.livesite.business.BusinessPageGenerator.generatePages(BusinessPageGenerator.java:410)
at com.interwoven.livesite.workflow.web.task.PageConversionWebTask.convertPages(PageConversionWebTask.java:176)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor502.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at com.interwoven.livesite.workflow.web.task.AbstractDispatchWebTask.handleExecution(AbstractDispatchWebTask.java:94)
at com.interwoven.livesite.workflow.web.task.AbstractAjaxWebTask.execute(AbstractAjaxWebTask.java:72)
at com.interwoven.livesite.workflow.web.action.CSWebTaskAction.execute(CSWebTaskAction.java:110)
at org.springframework.web.struts.DelegatingActionProxy.execute(DelegatingActionProxy.java:110)
at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:431)
at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:236)
at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1196)
at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doPost(ActionServlet.java:432)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:637)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at com.interwoven.livesite.spring.hibernate.web.filter.OpenSessionsInViewFilter.doFilterInternal(OpenSessionsInViewFilter.java:108)
at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:75)
at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.invokeDelegate(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:183)
at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.doFilter(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:138)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at com.interwoven.ui.base.impl.auth.AuthenticationFilter.doFilter(AuthenticationFilter.java:203)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at com.interwoven.ui.base.util.SetRequestEncodingFilter.doFilter(SetRequestEncodingFilter.java:106)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:286)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:845)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:583)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:447)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot read file: //CSPRDCMS01-fe/default/main/NFL/CLUBS/TEXANS/WORKAREA/main/templatedata/Editorial/ADVERTISEMENT/data/Team/roster-160x150
at com.interwoven.livesite.file.impl.CsFileDal.read(CsFileDal.java:153)
... 49 more

java.lang.RuntimeException: Failed to get data //CSPRDCMS01-fe/default/main/NFL/CLUBS/TEXANS/WORKAREA/main/templatedata/Editorial/ADVERTISEMENT/data/Team/Ad-Team-Roster-160x150B
at com.interwoven.livesite.file.impl.CsFileDal.read(CsFileDal.java:173)
at com.interwoven.livesite.file.impl.CsFileDal.read(CsFileDal.java:139)
at com.interwoven.livesite.model.property.DCRProperty.fetchDCRXML(DCRProperty.java:328)
at com.interwoven.livesite.runtime.model.page.RuntimeComponent.buildComponentTransformData(RuntimeComponent.java:247)
at com.interwoven.livesite.runtime.model.page.RuntimeComponent.transform(RuntimeComponent.java:281)
at com.interwoven.livesite.runtime.page.PageTokenVariableComponent.renderNoCache(PageTokenVariableComponent.java:216)
at com.interwoven.livesite.runtime.page.PageTokenVariableComponent.preRender(PageTokenVariableComponent.java:103)
at com.interwoven.livesite.runtime.page.PageTokenContainer.preRender(PageTokenContainer.java:260)
at com.interwoven.livesite.runtime.model.page.RuntimePage.transform(RuntimePage.java:372)
at com.interwoven.livesite.model.page.PreviewPage.getBaseTransform(PreviewPage.java:218)
at com.interwoven.livesite.model.page.PreRenderedPage.transform(PreRenderedPage.java:145)
at com.interwoven.livesite.business.BusinessPageGenerator.generatePages(BusinessPageGenerator.java:410)
at com.interwoven.livesite.workflow.web.task.PageConversionWebTask.convertPages(PageConversionWebTask.java:176)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor502.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at com.interwoven.livesite.workflow.web.task.AbstractDispatchWebTask.handleExecution(AbstractDispatchWebTask.java:94)
at com.interwoven.livesite.workflow.web.task.AbstractAjaxWebTask.execute(AbstractAjaxWebTask.java:72)
at com.interwoven.livesite.workflow.web.action.CSWebTaskAction.execute(CSWebTaskAction.java:110)
at org.springframework.web.struts.DelegatingActionProxy.execute(DelegatingActionProxy.java:110)
at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:431)
at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:236)
at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1196)
at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doPost(ActionServlet.java:432)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:637)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at com.interwoven.livesite.spring.hibernate.web.filter.OpenSessionsInViewFilter.doFilterInternal(OpenSessionsInViewFilter.java:108)
at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:75)
at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.invokeDelegate(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:183)
at org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy.doFilter(DelegatingFilterProxy.java:138)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at com.interwoven.ui.base.impl.auth.AuthenticationFilter.doFilter(AuthenticationFilter.java:203)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at com.interwoven.ui.base.util.SetRequestEncodingFilter.doFilter(SetRequestEncodingFilter.java:106)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:128)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:286)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:845)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:583)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:447)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot read file: //CSPRDCMS01-fe/default/main/NFL/CLUBS/TEXANS/WORKAREA/main/templatedata/Editorial/ADVERTISEMENT/data/Team/Ad-Team-Roster-160x150B
at com.interwoven.livesite.file.impl.CsFileDal.read(CsFileDal.java:153)
... 49 more